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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1948

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"Country Racing on Upgrade" Good Mullum. Meeting

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 7

MULLUMBIMBY, Sunday.--The first race meeting for 1948 had exceeded all expectations, said the President of Mullumbimby Race Club (Mr. J. P. Walker) at the conclusion of the meeting yesterday…

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Cricket Waratahs, Railway Win at Casino

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 7

CASINO, Sunday.--The remaining three High School wickets fell quickly in the Casino Association match against Waratahs on…

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Lismore Cricket Alstonville's First Loss for Season. Hardy's Century Plays Big Part

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 7

Alstonville, the leading team in Lismore Cricket Association's first grade competition, suffered its first defeat of the season on Saturday when Northern Star won by 54 runs on the first innings…

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Bowls Brownell's Rink Wins Competition

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 5

With two wins, R. Brownell's rink was the winner and E. Hatfield's rink, with a win and a draw, the runner up in a competition on the…

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M'bimby Races

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

In the report of Mullumbimby races in yesterday's issue it was stated that £10 was donated by the manager of Hotel Brunswick…

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Rugby League to Apply for Main Rec. Oval

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 5

Lismore Rugby League, at a meeting to wind up affairs of the past season, decided last night to make application for use of the main…

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Close Tussle In Lismore Cricket

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 7

With five of the six teams well in the running in two grades and all six with a chance in the other grade, the Lismore cricket competition this season is proving one of the most interesting on record…

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Tennis Long Defeats Brink In Title Play

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday: The American tennis junior, Jim Brink, upset by Melbourne's scorching heat today, was…

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Tweed Cricket Tweed Teams For Kyogle On

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 4

Two A grade teams and one B grade team from Tweed District Cricket Association will play matches against Kyogle…

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Swimming Trials for Tamworth

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 8

On Monday night, the swimmers and divers selected for the trip to Tamworth to compete in the Country Championship carnival on…

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Ruining Tournament Golf

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday: "Trick clubs, trick rules and trick courses are ruining tournament golf,'' declares the Daily News…

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Rugby Union Team Invited to California

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday:--Miles Hudson, coach of the California Bears Rugby team announced today that he had…

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Veterans Cause Tennis Upset

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Two veterans in Harry Hopman and luck Crawford, whose combined [?] total 81 years, today upset…

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Swimming Successes Bring Tributes To Anne Kendall

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

Murwillumbah Swimming Club members, official and suppo[?]ers gave the dual State title-holder, Anns Kendall, a member of Murwillumbah club an en[?]astic welcome home at the Murwillumbah Baths has…

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Bowls Days On Which Twin Towns Greens Available

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

Twin Towns bowlers and visiting players will now he able to enjoy a game every day of the week except Monday…

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Bowls Tweed Heads Play

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 4

Two games were played in Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Bowling Club's A grade singles championship yesterday…

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Sunday Football On Grafton Showground

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 4

GRAFTON, Wednesday.-- The Clarence P. and A. Society today reaffirmed its policy of permitting Sunday football to be played on…

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Cricket Lismore Defeats South Arm

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 4

Lismore defeated South Arm Cricket Club by 54 runs on the first innings in a social match played at Lismore last Sunday…

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Tennis Brown Beats American In Four Sets

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Australian Davis Cup player, Geoff Brown, beat the American Eddie Moylan in four sets in the…

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Tomorrows Regatta at Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

The number of entries from outside clubs for the various events are a guarantee that the regatta to be conducted by…

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